Members of Unison, the Royal College of Nursing, the Royal College of Midwives, the Chartered Society of Physiotherapy, Unite and the GMB have written to the Chancellor asking him to earmark funds in the November Budget for a pay rise in line with RPI inflation.

The unions said NHS workers including cleaners, nurses, radiographers, pharmacists, midwives, paramedics, therapists, dental technicians, caterers and porters have suffered real terms pay cuts of around 15 per cent in recent years because of the Government's "harsh pay policies".

The Government signalled an easing of the pay cap on Tuesday by announcing a 2 per cent rise for the police and 1.7 per cent for prison officers.

Royal College of Midwives director for employment relations Jon Skewes said: "This claim represents fair compensation for the rise of cost in living and goes someway to make up for midwives' pay losing over £6,000 in value since 2010."

A government spokeswoman said: "Public sector workers, including NHS staff, do a fantastic job, and the government is committed to ensuring they can continue to deliver world-class public services.

"The government will continue to ensure that the overall package is fair while also being affordable to taxpayers as a whole."

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